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THE PERSON BEHIND THE PAGE

I was born in a refugee camp when my family finally made it to freedom from autogenocide and labor camps.


I am now a wife to a wonderful husband, mother to two amazing munchkins (one on the spectrum), and a doggy momma. I’m an Occupational Therapist by profession, now a SAHM and author.


I am a reader first and foremost, like most of you. The ability to lose yourself in the page. I enjoy a wide variety of books from light and fluffy reads to books that are pitch black and dripping with blood. I love monsters and things that go bump in the night.

 

Art as a form of escape.

Art as a form of communication.

Art as a form of coping.

The power of words.


And now, it's my turn to breathe words into life.

Upcoming Book Signings 2024

Extraordinary Love

Pigoen Forge, TN

Oct 5-6


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Canceling Extraordinary Love signing in Pigeon Forge, TN
I hate to have to do this. The guilt eats me up. I love my readers. And as much as I tried my best to hold the pieces together in the background for the attending authors, I'm unsure of how I feel about this change in organizers.Regretfully, I will n...
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An Excerpt from Amo Vos Omnes
© 2024 YD La Mar“Ame! You’re out. Do you want me to fly you down?” Loomi called out from the trees.I covered the top of my eyes to block the sun as I gazed in his direction, watching as he flew in the air. “Oh. I don’t want you to have to carry my we...
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Wildest Beauty ARCs are out!
For those of you who are on my master ARC list, the advanced reader copy of Wildest Beauty was delivered yesterday. Inside the newsletter you will find the entire anthology, but are welcomed to just review my story if you so choose. But I do suggest ...
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Halfway to Halloween Giveaway on Instagram!
This giveaway is happening on my Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ydlamar𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙛𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮To celebrate the spooky season, 31 Dark Romance authors who specialize in twists, thrills, chills, and spicy delight have come together to ...
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Seeing Life Through a Blessed Perspective
This facebook video here: https://fb.watch/rPNlCuRARr/Brought me to tears.It's why I ended up in healthcare.From the moment I needed an escape from the reality I lived in... the only decision I gave myself had nothing to do with me, but everything to...
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Monsterotica Book Con!
Hey!It's been a hot minute. But the Monsterotica Book Con tickets go on say May 1st! Just to let you all know, there will only be 400 tickets available, so grab yours while you can.https://monsteroticabookcon.com/tickets/And here's more information a...
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Another Limited Edition Cover Available at the Pigeon Forge, TN Signing
Did you catch it? I am very impressed with Artista Gráfico on Facebook and their amazing work.Tickets are still on sale for the Extraordinary Love book signing in Pigeon Forge, TN for this coming October. Buy them here: http://rb.gy/ha37q9I have...
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Current Bookfunnel Promotion with FREE books
Hey Everyone!If you know me, you'll find that I tend to throw out free books every now and then. Most of them through bookfunnel promotions.Like this one! This FREE book promotion will be running all of April. It currently has my story Actus Reus up ...
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The Executed -- out early!
So, there was a little hiccup behind the scenes with KDP that caused my initial eBook to get canceled. But no worries, I tackled it first thing this morning and got it fixed.What does that mean for you all?It means you get The Executed early! As in t...
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Dual ARC released
For those of you on my Master ARC Team, this newsletter was sent out with not one, but two ARC opportunities. Monsters in Love: Lost in the FireThis ARC will only be for my specific story: Isolarel's Inferno (a short story sitting a little over 23k w...
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Dzik and Kimmy are here!
This story was fascinating to me.I wanted to showcase a heroine that was not only going through struggles at home, struggles of her age during the 80s, but I also wanted to tackle the fact that she was still trying to assimilate into western culture....
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It's Done
The Executed is done and currently with beta readers.This story has taken me on a wild, long journey I didn't anticipate. The ups, the downs, the emotional turmoil. It was the first time when... I felt as exhausted as the characters by the end of it ...
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Limited Edition Book Covers for the TN Signing
As anticipation builds for the upcoming book signing this coming October, I'm thrilled to unveil these two covers. If you are signed up to my newsletter, you were already privy to it early. I collected these beauts a while back and now you can too, t...
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Post Apocalypse is calling me back...
Sometimes it feels like a hot mess inside of my mind--but with an underlying method to my madness. Currently, I'm following my muse... and am adding to this guy (formally "Marked for Execution"). Perhaps I missed the post apocalyptic landscape and th...
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ARCs for The Good Char are out!
Yes, it's true. I was getting just as antsy as most of you were. So, I decided to release the ARCs early to my master arc team. Now, for the nervous wait to see what they all think.The Good Char started out as a fun little anthology piece for the Cre...
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